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There are 12 designs in Royal Heirloom 4 for mega hoops that are 360mm by 150mm. As well as creating designs which can be used individually I like to make sure that the majority of the designs will co..
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As the Arabella Bullion collection developed I am created larger panels and designs. I want to explain what I understand to be the limitations of what can be smocked on your embroidery machine, for m..
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I would like to take you through a stitch out of one of the panels from Arabella Bullion 5, GFE-ARB-5-14, to explain what I did and why, as well as the observations I made and the lessons I made fro..
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One might think that if part of a design collection is purchased, considering the “theme” of the collection is the same, that a single set will suffice. And, I must say, from some digitizers, that ax..
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Please do not believe that I get good results every time I embroider on my machine. On reflection there are some days when it would have really been better to do something else! I honestly believe tha..
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In this video I introduce most of the elements in the Fleurs Francaises collection. Watch them stitch out. This design is from Fleurs Francaises 4.
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03 Feb
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Watch the first in a series of tutorials – Mastering Machine Embroidery – Multi-hooping pt 1.
These videos take you step by step through the process of embroidering out one of the Winter Jewels 6 in ..
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I have had such fun working on my latest Romantic crazy quilt block. This block, number 17 celebrates lace, mostly Free Standing lace. I have also included some embroidery designs stitched out on tull..
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I have long wanted to create a Free Standing Lace angel, so I am delighted that I have finally digitized one. She follows the same template as my other angels, so some designs can be used from other A..
04 Apr
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The challenge I set myself this year for my sister's birthday card was to create a textured coat with an astrakhan-type collar on one of Kate Greenaway's little children.
New features in my embroide..
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As I completed the final set in the Orchids for Ruth collection I was deciding on a new colour scheme and which fabric to use. I had stitched on ivory, brown and moss-green silk dupion and experiment..
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I thought you would like to see one design open in several software programmes. Before that, here’s an explanation of the difference between design files (Grade A) and machine files (Grade C) — I tou..